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Spiral galaxies mainly rotate either clockwise or anticlockwise depending on which way the "winding" started during the formation of the galaxy.

Some galaxies, however like NGC 4622 [See related link], can have opposing directions, however this is rare and probably the cause of a galactic interaction.

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